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US employers cut 23,000 jobs, unemployment dips to 4.1%
US employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1% only because Americans left the labour market. The Labour Department also revised down May and June payrolls…
The Story in Brief
US employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1% only because Americans left the labour market. The Labour Department also revised down May and June payrolls by a total of 103,000 jobs, deepening concern about the world's largest economy.
Local public schools shed 50,000 jobs in July, restaurants and bars 26,000, and retailers 19,000. The data adds to signs that the US job market is cooling, though some economists caution that one month does not make a trend.
The Indian Opinion
Some analysts will spin this as a clear recession signal, others as a blip. But the drop in the unemployment rate only because people quit looking for work points to a structural mismatch, not a healthy market. The real test will be whether the Federal Reserve uses this data to cut rates in September. Watch that decision.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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